Trade-offs between melanisation and life-history traits in Helicoverpa armigera

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-44

  Ma, Weihua ^a   Chen, Lizhen ^b   Wang, Mo ^a   Li, Xianchun ^c  

^a HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Helicoverpa armigera; Mating preference; Melanism; Spatiotemporal patterns of pigmentation; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COLOR MORPH; GENE EXPRESSION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATING BEHAVIOR; MELANIN; METAMORPHISM; MOLT; MOTH; PUPA; PUPATION; REPRODUCTION;

HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 38349169882     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: 13652311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.2007.00932.x     Document Type: Article

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